Requirements for the Master of Arts Degree in English - Composition

The department offers two tracks for the M.A. degree. Early registration is necessary to ensure that the 600-level seminars will run. Classes with low enrollment will be cancelled. Please contact the English department for more information.

Thesis Option

A minimum of 33 credits is required (27 credits of coursework and 6 credits of thesis). Of the 27 credits of coursework, 18 must be in composition studies (including courses in composition, rhetoric, and linguistics). Of the 27 credits of coursework, 15 must be at the at the 600 level.

Non-Thesis Option

A minimum of 36 credits is required, only 6 or which may be individual reading. At least 24 credits are required in composition studies (including courses in composition, rhetoric, and linguistics). Of the 36 courses of coursework, 21 must be at the 600 level.

Required Courses for Both Options:

3300:673 Theories of Composition
3300:674 Research Methods in Composition
3300:650 New Rhetorics

Students must also choose one of the following two courses:

3300:589 Grammatical Structures
or
3300:670 Modern Linguistics

And one of the following three courses:

3300:589 Management Reports
or
3300:625 Autobiographical Writing
or
3300:679 Scholarly Writing

Note:

How graduate courses count for the M.A. requirements in literature or composition is explained in a separate document available from the Graduate Coordinator and posted in the Graduate Assistant office.